• Thumbnail for San José, Costa Rica
    country, in the mid-west of the Central Valley, within San José Canton. San José is Costa Rica's seat of national government, focal point of political...
    42 KB (3,314 words) - 18:11, 28 April 2024
  • located in San Pedro Montes de Oca, in the province of San José. It is the oldest and largest institution of higher learning in Costa Rica, originally...
    21 KB (2,108 words) - 11:15, 30 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Stone spheres of Costa Rica
    on display at the National Museum of Costa Rica in San José. The collection at the National Museum of Costa Rica is made up of six of the spheres. Many...
    25 KB (2,768 words) - 16:18, 13 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cantons of Costa Rica
    Largest Cantons of Costa Rica by population San José, Costa Rica's capital and largest canton by population Alajuela, Costa Rica's second largest canton...
    36 KB (1,021 words) - 18:34, 24 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for San José Costa Rica Temple
    would be built in San José, Costa Rica. The announcement of the San José Costa Rica Temple made it the first temple in Costa Rica and the second temple...
    6 KB (625 words) - 01:34, 24 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for National Theatre of Costa Rica
    Theatre of Costa Rica (Spanish: Teatro Nacional de Costa Rica) is Costa Rica's national theatre, located in the central section of San José. Construction...
    4 KB (409 words) - 01:41, 21 September 2022
  • Thumbnail for Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica
    the Costa Rican government. The national congress building is located in the capital city, San José, specifically in Carmen district of the San José canton...
    27 KB (2,619 words) - 14:16, 18 February 2024
  • California, United States San José, Costa Rica, the nation's capital San José or San Jose may also refer to: San José, Buenos Aires San José (Buenos Aires Underground)...
    7 KB (989 words) - 00:10, 1 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for San José (canton)
    San José is the first canton in the province of San José in Costa Rica. It includes the national capital city of San José. The canton lies on a fertile...
    10 KB (469 words) - 18:08, 28 April 2024
  • San José, Costa Rica. 1738 - San José founded. 1760 - Town hall in use (approximate date). 1776 - Church built. 1802 - Metropolitan Cathedral of San José...
    11 KB (824 words) - 21:27, 4 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for José Figueres Ferrer
    José María Hipólito Figueres Ferrer (25 September 1906 – 8 June 1990) served three terms as President of Costa Rica: 1948–1949, 1953–1958 and 1970–1974...
    27 KB (3,010 words) - 19:13, 26 April 2024
  • minority owned by the Synergy Group, is the national airline of Costa Rica and is based in San José. It operates international scheduled services to over 35...
    19 KB (1,287 words) - 19:39, 29 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Costa Ricans
    Costa Ricans (Spanish: Costarricenses; also called Ticos) are the citizens of Costa Rica, a multiethnic, Spanish-speaking nation in Central America. Costa...
    22 KB (2,031 words) - 19:51, 7 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for San José Province
    San José (Spanish pronunciation: [saŋ xoˈse]) is a province of Costa Rica. It is located in the central part of the country, and borders (clockwise beginning...
    6 KB (207 words) - 04:49, 19 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for José María Figueres
    José María Figueres Olsen (born 24 December 1954) is a Costa Rican businessman and politician, who served as President of Costa Rica from 1994 to 1998...
    27 KB (2,981 words) - 05:16, 8 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Costa Rica
    Costa Rica (UK: /ˌkɒstə ˈriːkə/, US: /ˌkoʊstə-/ ; Spanish: [ˈkosta ˈrika]; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country...
    138 KB (12,626 words) - 01:26, 23 April 2024
  • of Costa Rica for the first time in its history. Sporting San José plays its home games at Ernesto Rohrmoser Stadium [es], located in Pavas, San José, with...
    8 KB (807 words) - 04:54, 1 May 2024
  • capital, San José, known as Gringo Gulch. Sex trafficking, child prostitution and HIV are problems in the country. Sex tourism in Costa Rica can easily...
    32 KB (3,773 words) - 14:38, 10 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Costa Rica–United States relations
    States has an embassy in San José. Embassy of Costa Rica in Washington, D.C. Embassy of the United States in San José Costa Rican Americans Foreign relations...
    12 KB (1,304 words) - 17:45, 24 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Volaris Costa Rica
    operating as Volaris Costa Rica, is a low-cost airline based at Juan Santamaría International Airport in San José, Costa Rica. It is a subsidiary of...
    8 KB (422 words) - 23:35, 22 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Juan Santamaría International Airport
    Juan Santamaría International Airport (category Airports in Costa Rica)
    serving San José, the capital of Costa Rica. The airport is located in Alajuela Province, 20 kilometres (12 mi; 11 nmi) northwest of downtown San José. It...
    39 KB (1,998 words) - 15:02, 10 April 2024
  • Costa Rica's official and predominant language is Spanish. The variety spoken there, Costa Rican Spanish, is a form of Central American Spanish. Costa...
    19 KB (2,363 words) - 07:13, 11 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Costa Rican Central Valley
    of Costa Ricans, and includes the capital and most populous city, San José. The valley is shared among the provinces of Alajuela, Heredia, San José and...
    5 KB (593 words) - 03:32, 15 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica (2011)
    Stadium of Costa Rica (Spanish: Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica) is a multi-purpose stadium in La Sabana Metropolitan Park, San José, Costa Rica. It was the...
    22 KB (828 words) - 16:41, 25 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Costa Rica national football team
    The Costa Rica national football team (Spanish: Selección de fútbol de Costa Rica) represents Costa Rica in men's international football. The national...
    116 KB (4,060 words) - 18:04, 27 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of airports in Costa Rica
    are subdivided into 81 cantons and 463 districts. Costa Rica's capital and largest city is San José. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download...
    14 KB (205 words) - 04:55, 11 November 2023
  • San Pedro is a district of the Montes de Oca canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica. San Pedro has an area of 4.7 km2 and an elevation of 1,205...
    5 KB (312 words) - 22:05, 5 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Foreign relations of Costa Rica
    based in San José. The foreign affairs of the Republic of Costa Rica are a function of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship. Costa Rica gained election...
    54 KB (2,874 words) - 00:15, 23 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Museo Nacional de Costa Rica
    The Museo Nacional de Costa Rica is the national museum of Costa Rica, located in the capital of San José. It is located at Calle 17, between Central...
    3 KB (166 words) - 20:37, 10 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Costa Rican Civil War
    The Costa Rican Civil War took place from 12 March to 24 April 1948 (44 days). The conflict began after the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica, dominated...
    20 KB (2,116 words) - 14:03, 25 April 2024